Off on another adventure!

We are trying a slightly different kind of trip this time. We were planning to do another canal boat trip, but stumbled upon a combined boat/walking trip in Scotland. We will be on a larger canal boat on a larger canal, with other passengers and a crew to take care of us. Our destination is the Caledonian Canal, which runs from Inverness on the east coast of Scotland to Banavie on the west coast. A large segment of the canal is better known as Loch Ness. We will eat and sleep on the boat, and during the day we will walk the Great Glen Way as the boat makes its way along the canal. We have 73 miles of walking in 7 days – it seemed like a good idea when I booked the trip months ago!😳

We have been doing a bit of training by getting some good walks in around home and in NH. We’ll find out soon enough if it was enough. Easy days will be 7 miles and others will be 10-14 miles with a bit of elevation gain. There’s always the option to stay on the boat, but we do want to be able to say that we walked across Scotland!

Here are some photos from our recent walks. It’s been fun to do some exploring in ares really close to home.